It's Simply Decentralizing Your Strategy
Doing ministry online or commonly labeled #churchonline is merely decentralizing your church’s strategy. It’s that simple.
Be Agnostic with How Online Small Groups Should Meet
It turns out being agnostic isn't always bad. One of the significant factors in the growth of online small groups at my church was not forcing how groups should meet virtually. People have preferences. Look at these stats as of 2018:
Virtual Reality for Any Church of Any Size - Facebook Video Oculus App
Oculus has recently made two additions to its Oculus Go device. I wrote in a previous post that an estimated 22 million virtual reality devices are floating out there in the world at the start of 2018. Oculus Go is expanding this market and most importantly bringing in non-gamers. Oculus Go focused on content apps like Netflix, Showtime, Hulu, Facebook, and family-friendly carnival games. Oculus Go is not what virtual reality will be, but its the stopgap to help move virtual reality into the future.
Baptizing Without Limits
I wrote this post "How Baptism Works with Your Online Campus" in 2013. Where has the time gone? It feels like I wrote it a few months ago. Five years ago, we had never facilitated a remote baptism because people would just travel to a campus if they needed to get dunked. I never had too much of an issue with our approach because I got meet them face to face and baptize them myself.
3 Steps to Use Facebook's Watch Party for Online Small Groups
Facebook's Watch Party feature is now available to all Facebook Groups around the world! Watch Party is "a new way for people to watch videos on Facebook together in real time."
Perfect Podcast to Send to Your Pastor to Embrace #ChurchOnline
Navigating the complicated waters of the digital disruption is tough. I’m an online pastor. My perspective is muddied because I want to jump into the deep end without a lifejacket. I want everything to be online, and I wanted it yesterday.